Athletics Ireland has announced the selections for the European U23 Championships, which will take place in Gavle, Sweden from July 11^th-14^th. Adams State University will have three representatives in two events, Stephanie Cotter and Roisin Flanagan in the Women's 1500, and Eilish Flanagan in the Women's Steeplechase. All three are coming off of a fantastic year on the track for Adams State, and are looking forward to representing their home country of Ireland at the European Championships.

During the indoor season, Cotter was the mile champion, and ran a leg on the National Championship Distance Medley Relay. Roisin Flanagan was the national runner-up in the mile, anchored the national championship Distance Medley Relay, and took home an All-American 4^th place finish in the 3k. She also set a new school record of 9:18 in the 3k earlier in the season. Eilish was the national runner-up in the 5k, setting a new indoor school record of 16:16 along the way, before finishing as the national runner-up in the 3k the very next day. All three were crucial scoring members of the 2019 Indoor National Championship team.

In the outdoor season, Cotter defended her middle distance title, winning the 1500. She also ran 4:19 at the Payton Jordan Invitational, a time that would have been a new school record just a few weeks earlier. She became one of only eight women in NCAA Division II history to win both the indoor mile and outdoor 1500 in the same season, and the first freshman to do so. Roisin Flanagan took home another All-American finish in the 1500, her fourth All-American honor for the 2018-19 season and her 10^th altogether. She also set a new school record in the 1500, running 4:16 at the Bryan Clay Invitational. Eilish competed well in the steeplechase, running 9:55 at the Payton Jordan invitational to beat the Division I national runner up, which ranked her in the top five all time in Division II. She also ran well in the 5k, clocking a time of 16:00 at the Bryan Clay Invitational. She was the national runner-up in both events at the Outdoor National Championships, finishing second only to the respective Division II all-time record holders in each event.  

All three were important scoring members of a National Runner-Up women's team, who were the highest finishing Adams State Women's Outdoor Track & Field team since 2008. They also helped clinch the highly prestigious USTFCCCA Women's Program of the Year award for the second year in a row.

Catch Stephanie Cotter and Roisin Flanagan in the prelims of the 1500 on Friday, July 12^th, and Eilish Flanagan in the prelims of the steeplechase Thursday, July 11th

More meet information and results can be found here:
https://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-u23-championships/